During Intergeo 2018, Austria’s Drone Rescue Systems GmbH will present the parachute system DRS-10 for the first time.

The company has also developed the parachute system DRS-M600 specifically for the DJI Matrice 600 (M600) UAS.

The parachute system DRS-10 is designed for multicopters with a total weight of five to 20 kilograms, making it well suited to be adapted to the DJI M600.

“The M600 is the workhorse of the drone fleet for many service providers,” says Andreas Ploier, CEO and co-founder of Drone Rescue Systems GmbH.

“Many different cameras and gimbals are compatible and fully integrable, which makes the M600 very versatile. For this reason it is all the more important, that the aircraft as well as the payload are protected from crashes.”

The rescue systems of Drone Rescue are made up of intelligent electronics, which monitor the flight status independent of the flight controller. The sensor data is merged using a sophisticated algorithm, through which an automatic crash detection is realized.

With this in mind, in an emergency situation, the pilot no longer needs to react and press an eject button, which oftentimes isn’t possible anyway, for example with a failure of the radio link. The algorithm reacts faster than the pilot, so the system ejects the parachute itself.

All flight data and movements are recorded in a Black Box, and in an emergency, these can be read out and made available to insurance companies or authorities.

“Our goal is to ensure, that even in an emergency Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) the drone can be safely intercepted,” Ploier says.

“With our parachute system that is always possible, due to the electronics that are completely separate and independent of the flight controller. In addition, our system has the advantage, that it manages completely without explosive, pyrotechnical solutions. Consequently we have a system that is considerably lighter, and functions even in a worst case scenario.”